Arsenal Transfers: What Would It Mean to Gunners Fans to Lose Van Persie Now?

BR - So, this is it. He’s shown his hand, we’ve swallowed the bitter pill, and Arsenal are now in the unenviable position of having to decide what to do with Robin Van Persie in what now appears certain to be the final year of his contract.

Both in practice and in theory, there are two options available to the Gunners’ management at this stage: they can hold Van Persie to the terms of his contract and insist that he sees out the remaining year (forgoing a sizable transfer fee in the process) in order to set a precedent, that we will not be seen by our own players as a club that will be held to ransom.